The more liberty you give away the more you will have.

Quote by Robert Green Ingersoll

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My principal objections to orthodox religion are two - slavery here and hell hereafter

My principal objections to orthodox religion are two - slavery here and hell hereafter

In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments; there are consequences.

In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments; there are consequences.

Anger blows out the lamp of the mind

Anger blows out the lamp of the mind

There is no slavery but ignorance.

There is no slavery but ignorance.

Labor is the only prayer that Nature answers.

Labor is the only prayer that Nature answers.

I am the inferior of any man whose rights I trample under foot.

I am the inferior of any man whose rights I trample under foot.

In the presence of eternity, the mountains are as transient as the clouds.

In the presence of eternity, the mountains are as transient as the clouds.

Insolence is not logic; epithets are the arguments of malice.

Insolence is not logic; epithets are the arguments of malice.

I will not attack your doctrines nor your creeds if they accord liberty to me....

I will not attack your doctrines nor your creeds if they accord liberty to me....

What has religion to do with facts? Nothing

What has religion to do with facts? Nothing

In the republic of mediocrity, genius is dangerous

In the republic of mediocrity, genius is dangerous

The true civilization is where every man gives to every other every right that he...

The true civilization is where every man gives to every other every right that he...

Few nations have been so poor as to have but one god. Gods were made...

Few nations have been so poor as to have but one god. Gods were made...

Our hope of immortality does not come from any religions, but nearly all religions come...

Our hope of immortality does not come from any religions, but nearly all religions come...

The great religious historian, Eusebius, ingenuously remarks that in his history he carefully omitted whatever...

The great religious historian, Eusebius, ingenuously remarks that in his history he carefully omitted whatever...

The Old Testament describes the hell of the past, and the New the hell of...

The Old Testament describes the hell of the past, and the New the hell of...

It is a thousand times better to have common sense without education than to have...

It is a thousand times better to have common sense without education than to have...

Anger blows out the lamp of the mind. In the examination of a great and...

Anger blows out the lamp of the mind. In the examination of a great and...

The embarrassment after the anger is biggest humiliation a person can experience.

The embarrassment after the anger is biggest humiliation a person can experience.

Keep cool; anger is not an argument

Keep cool; anger is not an argument

Long before we understand ourselves through the process of self-examination, we understand ourselves in a...

Long before we understand ourselves through the process of self-examination, we understand ourselves in a...